A couple weekends ago we went back to the Brady's summer home for a three day weekend. We did a 6+ mile hike to Cape Schank and Bushranger Bay on Saturady. That was a pretty cool hike because, once again, we saw kangaroos/wallabies in the wild! We first hiked past Bushranger Bay to Cape Schank, which I guess is pretty famouse because it has this giant pinnacle that sticks up out of the ocean and the waves make big splashes. So then we hiked back to Bushranger Bay, and that was a somewhat calmer beach that we hung out at. The rest of the weekend we went to the beach, but it was a bit chilly and the waves weren't good for boogie boarding.
This weekend we went to Lorne, on the Great Ocean Road, with the Bradys'. It was FABULOUS!!!! They have the best boogey boarding beach with big waves that give you a ride that go forever! There are tons of yellow crested and black cockatoos. While we were driving there we stopped in Torqua, which has Surf City, the best shopping place I've been to in Australia. It has all the cool brands like Roxy, Billabong, Rip Curl and more! I got a nice new roxy wallet and some hot surf shorts. I wish we could have stayed in Lorne for a week, but we only had the weekend!
I'm happy because Friday is the begging of the Easter Holidays, which are two weeks! We will be going to Somers (beach house) with of course, the Bradys, then we will go backpacking in Wilson's Prom. with the Bradys and some other families. I'm really excited!
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Thursday, March 6, 2008
The latest Australia
Wow, I haven't written in awhile! So, two weekends ago we went for a six mile hike at the base of the Dandenong "Mountains" and we saw wallabies in the wild! They were in a field right next to/diagonal/below us and it was really awesome!
Then last Friday was "Casual Clothes Day" at school. It was really funny to see what people my age wear. They all wear super skinny jeans with everything, or cuff bottom fluero sweat pants. Very interesting! Their tops are regular, except hippie style hasn't hit them yet.
Then this weekend we went to Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary and saw our good dose of Australian wildlife. I really like the platypuses and the parrots.
Sadly my parents tricked Leah and me into eating kangaroo! When we were driving home I asked my mom what we were having for dinner because I was starving to death. She said in a joking tone "mystery meat" So then we got home and I checked my emails and I got one from my dad with a picture of a loin (it looked exactly like the one my mom was preparing) with a wrapper that said kangaroo meat. I asked my dad if the picture was what we were actually eating for dinner because it looked exactly like the meat mom had, and he said, " Really? I got that picture from the internet". Then after dinner they told us that we did eat kangaroo! eeeeeeewwwww!!!!!! Leah got upset, but I just got grossed out. The meat wasn't too bad, but it didn't taste "regular".
Then last Friday was "Casual Clothes Day" at school. It was really funny to see what people my age wear. They all wear super skinny jeans with everything, or cuff bottom fluero sweat pants. Very interesting! Their tops are regular, except hippie style hasn't hit them yet.
Then this weekend we went to Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary and saw our good dose of Australian wildlife. I really like the platypuses and the parrots.
Sadly my parents tricked Leah and me into eating kangaroo! When we were driving home I asked my mom what we were having for dinner because I was starving to death. She said in a joking tone "mystery meat" So then we got home and I checked my emails and I got one from my dad with a picture of a loin (it looked exactly like the one my mom was preparing) with a wrapper that said kangaroo meat. I asked my dad if the picture was what we were actually eating for dinner because it looked exactly like the meat mom had, and he said, " Really? I got that picture from the internet". Then after dinner they told us that we did eat kangaroo! eeeeeeewwwww!!!!!! Leah got upset, but I just got grossed out. The meat wasn't too bad, but it didn't taste "regular".
MMMM! Guess whats cookin'!?
Some locals who happen to get angry at being eaten!
Just let me SLEEP!!!!! ☻
Rainbow Lorakeets: they're all over Melbourne, we even have them around our apartment.
Hehehehehe! I took this one from the webcam on my laptop. This is what I do when I get bored! This is also our uniform. Very nice.
♥Kelly
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Australia
Wow!!! Australia!!! I've been here for almost a month now and I finally have time to write!
We left a cold, snowy Boulder, Colorado on Wednesday, January 9 and got to Melbourne, Australia on Friday the 11th. We flew from Denver to Los Angeles, then a 15 hour flight over the pacific ocean to Auckland, New Zealand and from there to Melbourne. The long flight on New Zealand Air was really nice. You had your own TV and you could play games and watch movies and TV shows from a giant list for free. I watched Ratatouille, High School Musical 2, and the Simpsons Movie, and some Simpsons tv shows. I only slept 3 hrs the whole time! An hour before we landed in New Zealand, the horizon was rainbow colors for a little strip, but when we landed, it was still dark. We had a 3 hr lay over. Debbie Brady was at the Melbourne Airport ready to take us to her house. We were sooooo excited to see Anna and Alice again and we had some bonding time in their new pool. In the afternoon Ben drove my parents, anna, and me down to Brighton to see what our apartment looks like (from the outside cuz we didn't have a key). It is quite nice especially because it is a 7 min. walk to the beach. When we were driving back to the Brady's I saw my first rainbow lorakeet at a traffic light. I was soooo excited, but soon discovered that they are everywhere, and I see them every day. By the time we got back to the Brady's it was time for dinner. I retired around 8:00 cuz i was soooooooooo tired!!!!
The following day we went to the Brady's holiday house, which is just an hour away by a beautiful beach and away from the city. We spent about a week there. While we were there the dad's and us kids got to take a surfing lesson at a beach called crunchies. It was so much fun (even if i only stood up 4 times)! The waves were perfect, and it was warm enough for me! After that I saw some roselas (red parrots) and galahs (pink and gray cokatoos). I also saw a mama and baby koala on a walk with my mom!!!
When we got back to Melbourne we established our apartment. Poor Leah was really homesick and sick, but she was happier when she made some friends at school. The Brady's got alot of furniture for us, so now the apartment looks pretty nice. Leah and I share a room and i guess its ok. The main street, Church Street, is just a five minute walk away. There are some pretty good stores like Smiggle (the stationary store) and Sports Girl. There are even two supermarkets, Safeway and Coles! The beach is really nice, and there are cool tidal pools with sea anenomes and starfish when the tide is down. There are also pretty nice sea shells, but my dad doesn't want us to collect anymore because we already have so many!
The weekend before school started we went down to Somers again. It is a really nice home away from home! Then on Tuesday the 29th, school started. It is soooo different! We have to wear uniforms, and they are sooo ugly (we even have to wear fancy man-shoes!)! I am going to Korowa Anglican Girls School, which means there aren't any boys! I thought things would be really boring without guys, but they arent! Everyone is pretty close, like sisters, and there aren't any clicks! The plus side is that we each get our own laptops! Mine is a new one complete with a webcam! it is sooo awesome! I have already been to the mall with some of my new friends! Everyone is sooo nice, I feel really welcome (and they are all interested in "the new girl from America"). I really love it here!
We left a cold, snowy Boulder, Colorado on Wednesday, January 9 and got to Melbourne, Australia on Friday the 11th. We flew from Denver to Los Angeles, then a 15 hour flight over the pacific ocean to Auckland, New Zealand and from there to Melbourne. The long flight on New Zealand Air was really nice. You had your own TV and you could play games and watch movies and TV shows from a giant list for free. I watched Ratatouille, High School Musical 2, and the Simpsons Movie, and some Simpsons tv shows. I only slept 3 hrs the whole time! An hour before we landed in New Zealand, the horizon was rainbow colors for a little strip, but when we landed, it was still dark. We had a 3 hr lay over. Debbie Brady was at the Melbourne Airport ready to take us to her house. We were sooooo excited to see Anna and Alice again and we had some bonding time in their new pool. In the afternoon Ben drove my parents, anna, and me down to Brighton to see what our apartment looks like (from the outside cuz we didn't have a key). It is quite nice especially because it is a 7 min. walk to the beach. When we were driving back to the Brady's I saw my first rainbow lorakeet at a traffic light. I was soooo excited, but soon discovered that they are everywhere, and I see them every day. By the time we got back to the Brady's it was time for dinner. I retired around 8:00 cuz i was soooooooooo tired!!!!
The following day we went to the Brady's holiday house, which is just an hour away by a beautiful beach and away from the city. We spent about a week there. While we were there the dad's and us kids got to take a surfing lesson at a beach called crunchies. It was so much fun (even if i only stood up 4 times)! The waves were perfect, and it was warm enough for me! After that I saw some roselas (red parrots) and galahs (pink and gray cokatoos). I also saw a mama and baby koala on a walk with my mom!!!
When we got back to Melbourne we established our apartment. Poor Leah was really homesick and sick, but she was happier when she made some friends at school. The Brady's got alot of furniture for us, so now the apartment looks pretty nice. Leah and I share a room and i guess its ok. The main street, Church Street, is just a five minute walk away. There are some pretty good stores like Smiggle (the stationary store) and Sports Girl. There are even two supermarkets, Safeway and Coles! The beach is really nice, and there are cool tidal pools with sea anenomes and starfish when the tide is down. There are also pretty nice sea shells, but my dad doesn't want us to collect anymore because we already have so many!
The weekend before school started we went down to Somers again. It is a really nice home away from home! Then on Tuesday the 29th, school started. It is soooo different! We have to wear uniforms, and they are sooo ugly (we even have to wear fancy man-shoes!)! I am going to Korowa Anglican Girls School, which means there aren't any boys! I thought things would be really boring without guys, but they arent! Everyone is pretty close, like sisters, and there aren't any clicks! The plus side is that we each get our own laptops! Mine is a new one complete with a webcam! it is sooo awesome! I have already been to the mall with some of my new friends! Everyone is sooo nice, I feel really welcome (and they are all interested in "the new girl from America"). I really love it here!
Monday, January 7, 2008
Last day in Florida :(waaa! :(
Yay! Finally some Florida weather: 80 degrees, sunny, warm, humid!!!! Leah and Mom got up early to go kayaking. Then after breakfast we went to the admirals cove pool and hung out there for a couple hours. At lunch, when we were hanging out in the back patio, we saw an osprey carrying a fish! There are quite a few osprey around. After lunch we went to the Juno beach again. This time we walked away from the pier, and there were a lot more sea shells. There were also (we think) chunks of harmless clear jelly jellyfish and Leah and I had a good time collecting them and naming them. They're very squishy and fun to play with. When we turned around we actually saw one of the squishy jellies that had just washed up. They're bigger than Opi's hand, and they don't look like they have tentacles. Just to be safe I scooped up the jelly with sand and chucked it back into the ocean. The ocean was very pretty (like Miami) today. Right before we got back to the car, Omi joined us. Leah was going to swim, but I didn't want to (too cold and wavy), so she didn't want to swim by herself. Leah and I really wanted to swim, so we convinced Mom to let us go to the pool. We jumped in really fast and we only went for five minutes, but it was still fun.I forgot to write a couple things yesterday: somebody stepped on my nano, so now the screen is messed up (darn). Also, Leah and I were being maniacs because we decided to jump into Omi and Opi's backyard pool. It is only 60 degrees because of the cool weather, so we jumped in quick. The air felt really hot after we went in!
I've had an awesome time here (even if it's been a little chilly) and I can't wait till next year!!!!!! :)
I've had an awesome time here (even if it's been a little chilly) and I can't wait till next year!!!!!! :)
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Florida 1-6-08
I woke up at 9:30am and got my mom movin' so we could go in the sit-on-top kayak on the inter-coastal. We saw some great blue herons, pelicans, cormorans, and seagulls. We also saw a fish that looked like he was trying to fly: he jumped out of the water 5 or 6 times in a line. I think he may have been chased by a bigger, hungrier fish. Then we went to the Blowing Rocks Nature Conservancy, except it was low tide, so we didn't walk by the blowing rocks. It was really lovely when we got there, but after awhile a big squall came and we got soaking wet. It cleared up a little, but we got rained on a couple more times. Right before we turned around we found a 4 foot long dead shark. I dunno why he died. The water was such a pretty turquoise color by the beach, and darker further out. It was sooo pretty with the stormy clouds on the horizon. After dinner we went for a walk to the Admirals Cove pool to check the temperature. It is much warmer and more humid since we first got here. I hope I have time to swim in the pool tomorrow.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Florida 1-5-08
Once again I tried to get my lazy butt up earlier (8am vs. 9), but it didn't work. Mom abandoned us to take a swim, and Omi and I abandoned Leah and Opi to ride in the golf cart. Omi let me drive (weeeeeee!!!) for about half an hour or more! I LOVE driving the golf cart!!!! It's so much fun!!! When we got back Opi took us to Busch Wildlife Sanctuary in Jupiter. They have a bunch of native animals (snakes, birds of prey, foxes, skunks, raccoons, bobcats, Florida panthers, etc.) that can't go back to the wild because they are sick/injured or were pets. After that we came home, ate lunch, then went to the Juno Beach. Because it was a lot warmer today (70s) I got excited to swim in the ocean. Too bad for me though, because the ocean was too rough and there were blue bottle (man of war) jellies. Oh well, I think we'll have better luck in Aussie Land. Now I'm very tired (Leah and I had sleep kick wars) so I've got to go to bed.
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